New farm-to-market roads to improve trade in Leyte towns
LA PAZ, Leyte – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Leyte second district engineering office has recently completed seven farm-to-market road projects meant to improve road access and trade in three Leyte...
Leyte now under general community quarantine, move to contain possible spread of COVID-19
TACLOBAN CITY- Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla has placed the entire province under a general community quarantine.
Under Executive Order Number 03-2020-03 he issued on Tuesday (March 17), non-residents of Leyte would be barred to...
Over 640 classrooms were damaged due to flooding in Samar
TACLOBAN CITY- About 647 classrooms were damaged in the three provinces of Samar due to the incessant rains spawned by low pressure and shearline that struck the island last week.
The calamity also resulted in...
90- year old woman from Southern Leyte among region’s new COVID-19 patients; appears...
TACLOBAN CITY- A 90-year old woman from a town in Southern Leyte province is among the latest persons from the region to have acquired the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
On Thursday night, the Department of Health...
One of region’s most high-value targets for illegal drugs arrested in Maasin City
ORMOC CITY- In a successful operation on Tuesday (April 2), the joint forces of the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit of Southern Leyte Provincial Police Office and the City Drug Enforcement Team of Maasin city...
El Niño may cause red tide bloom: BFAR
TACLOBAN CITY -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Eastern Visayas has warned of potential red tide bloom as the El Niño phenomenon hits the region this year.
The extended dry season...